Seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of video
Figure 9. The Open University on iTunesU
This is the third post on the unique characteristics of different media, for my open textbook, Teaching in a...
A ‘starter’ bibliography on design models for teaching and learning
For the increasing number of students doing Masters' dissertations or Ph.D's on course or instructional design I have collected together for convenience all the references...
The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part 2: learning and assessment
The writing of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, has been interrupted for nearly two weeks by my trip to England for the...
Adapting student assessment to the needs of a digital age
The story so far
Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...
Developing intellectual and practical skills in a digital age
The story so far
Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...
Choosing teaching methods for a digital age
Introduction
I'm going to try to pull together here the main conclusions following my discussion of epistemologies, learning theories and methods of teaching that I've...
The nurturing and social reform models of teaching and their relevance to connectivist online...
A counsellor and student at Empire State College, New York, which has a mentoring approach to adult education
These are the last of the teaching models discussed...
Why lectures are dead (or soon will be)
As part of my open textbook on Teaching in a Digital Age, I am working my way through theories of learning and methods of...
Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy?
I've been on holiday the last two and a half weeks, but also doing some writing for my open textbook on teaching in a...
How problem-based learning can help develop innovation skills
Hoidn, S. and Kärkkäinen, K. (2014) Promoting Skills for Innovation in Higher Education A Literature Review on the Effectiveness of Problem-based Learning and of Teaching Behaviours...